Monday, November 19, 2018

INCO Weekly Newsletter 11/19

Lucky for America that so many of you and other activists keep on keeping on. Thank you for contributing passion, talent, money, and time to make our country better - even more than you thought you could give. Thank you for sustaining INCO with your work, good cheer, and hope.

You can help elect Mike Espy in a close run-off election for the Senate from Mississippi.Postcard party tonight -Monday - upstairs at Fort George - 4:30 - 7:30.Texting info here.

INCO's Nobody Is Above the Law rally on November 8, in Astoria.

Tell Your Members of Congress: Trump is Not Above the Law.

The news about the Russia investigation changes daily. Trump could keep Mueller in place, but continue to undermine the probe by cutting funding, narrowing its scope, or degrading oversight. Contact info for your Washington and Oregon Members of Congress is here.

HAPPENINGSCheck for details and new posts on our events page.All Indivisibles are welcome at all these events and meetings.

THIS WEEKMonday, November 19 - Postcard Party, 4:30 - 7:30, upstairs at Fort George, Astoria; hosted by Nicholas Bowling to help elect Mike Espy to the Senate from Mississippi.

UPCOMINGWednesday, November 28 - INCO Book Club,6:30 pm, in Astoria.We’ll discuss a novel,A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, Penguin Books, 2013. Among the reviews were the following: "Just as good as, if not better than, Hosseini's best-selling first book, The Kite Runner." Newsweek. "Hosseinni has the story telling gift." Los Angeles Times.Contact cebeady@outlook.com for directions.

"Two years later, here we are speaking up for the issues that can't be ignored. And we're wiser, aren't we? Less skittish, more brave, more convinced of the value of our voices, our votes, and our place in this democratic experiment."-- Jen Hoffman

Jen's talk at INCO's regional summit last January inspired all who heard her. Check out her Americans of Conscience website, compiled by Jen and three volunteer research teams, to see how our values and acts of gratitude can make things better. To get her e-newsletter, sign up here.

Pat on the Back for Plenty of Postcards

To help elect Jamie McLeod-Skinner and defeat incumbent Greg Walden in OR-2, INCO's Gearhart postcarding group wrote 3,087 postcards out of a total of 22,507 addresses (13.7% of the total list). That represents an in-kind donation valued at $923.

Eric Halperin and Bebe Michel hosted 23 weekly postcarding parties and wrote for both PTV and OR-2 projects. Fifty people come at least once to Gearhart postcarding parties starting in May through the Midterms. We wrote 3,370 postcards to 36 campaigns.

Several others wrote postcards and other voting messaging on their own, totaling at least another 1000 pieces.

INSIGHTS

"It’s kind of fun to do the impossible." -- Walt Disney

ACTIONPRIORITIESFocus on the issues you care about most

Tell Your Members of Congress to:

• Uphold the rule of law and protect our democracy. • Condemn the administration's authoritarian speech, actions, and policies. • Pressure your GOP colleagues to assert Congress' role as a co-equal branch of government, not as a servant of the President. • Protect Mueller, Rosenstein, and the Russia investigation that has already led to indictments and convictions of Trumpsters and Russians. • Restore trust in the judiciary, media, and in all the other civic institutions being purposely undermined by Trump and his administration • Defeat the administration's white supremacist actions and promotion of bigotry against people of color, naturalized citizens, foreign students, and non-Christians.

• Protect all Americans. • Stand with people who need help getting medical care and enough food to eat. • Stop the administration's attacks on America's allies and embrace of America's totalitarian enemies. • Demand effective government actions to deal with climate change. • Provide meaningful help for Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricane Maria. • Oppose nominees to be federal judges who fail to support equal rights for all people • Develop a humane and practical immigration policy.

ELECTIONS MATTER

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STAY ACTIVE! RESIST!

Many of you are already involved in civic-minded organizations that embrace the call to activism. We applaud these efforts. In the days ahead, much will be required of us. Now more than ever, we need to support the good work of all.

One choice among many for marching ahead is Indivisible North Coast Oregon. A young movement with over 5,000 groups nationwide, Indivisible promotes grassroots activism to resist an agenda built on racism, authoritarianism, and corruption.

If you’re interested in marching ahead with Indivisible, sign up here.